At one time or another the ash clouds closed 11 airports, and ash that washed into the water intake of one
major hydroelectric plant caused $ 6.5 million in damage.
Croatia has four
major hydroelectric plants in two main areas of the country — the area near the Slovenian - Hungarian border and the area along the Adriatic coastline.
Not exact matches
For example, during the last
major geomagnetic storm experienced by Earth in 1989, the entire Canadian province of Quebec went dark when a critical Canadian
hydroelectric plant went down.
Avista owns a 15 - per - cent - stake in two of the four units at the Colstrip
plant in Montana — a
major coal - mining state — and plans to use them for electricity production until 2035, said a spokesperson for the company that also operates
hydroelectric dams, natural gas and biomass generating
plants and wind turbines.